2014 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
www.worldavheritage.org
The theme for this year's celebration of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
2014 is "Archives at Risk - Much More to Do!” This theme was carried through
to two posters designed for the 2014 World Day celebration.
To celebrate UNESCO World Audio-visual Archive Heritage day 2014 the CCAAA is re-launching the
Archives@Risk website. CCAAA issued a new declaration: The CCAAA represents the world network of
audiovisual archives and in a “New Declaration” its members hereby commit to work together in a
shared vision and common purpose to support & promote projects or programs aimed at preserving and
safeguarding endangered audiovisual archive heritage throughout the world.
The CCAAA strongly advocates for audiovisual archives as valuable international as well as national
cultural resources reflecting all aspects of human life and activity which should be afforded safeguarding
on a par with other recognised world cultural heritage.
However, in many countries audiovisual archive collections are endangered as a result of poor
environmental conditions, natural disaster, political upheavals, war, lack of funding and often by a lack
of cultural appreciation.
As part of the "New Declaration" the CCAAA will promote its members shared vision to safeguard these
archives through a new Archives@Risk portal - celebrating achievements, registering challenges as well
as providing an important platform to highlight at-risk archives; to facilitate links
with members and supporters and to inspire new programs and projects, funding and cooperation.
As the first stage of this vision the CCAAA is proud to celebrate UNESCO World Day for AudioVisual
Heritage by relaunching the Archives@Risk website. www.ArchivesatRisk.com
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AMIA Member Projects
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WITNESS
WITNESS released this month in
celebration of American Archives
Month and World Day for Audiovisual
Heritage!
Because of the work WITNESS does,
the videos are aimed at activists and
everyday people who are recording or collecting videos that document human rights. But I think the
information can be applicable to all kinds of video content creators and users.
http://blog.witness.org/2014/10/video-series-archiving-and-preservation-activists/
TIFF Bell Lightbox
Toronto, Canada
To mark UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
the TIFF Bell Lightbox is pleased to present a special
free screening of New American Cinema pioneer
Shirley Clarke’s Portrait of Jason, in a new 35mm
restoration from the Academy Film Archive and
Milestone Films with support from TIFF.
The screening will be preceded by an introduction from Sylvia Frank, Director of the TIFF Film Reference
Library, who will discuss TIFF’s role in preserving archival film. Also speaking is TIFF Cinematheque
programmer Brad Deane, who will discuss the restoration of Portrait of Jason and the ongoing efforts of
TIFF’s Film Programmes department to seek out archival prints and restorations for screenings at TIFF
Bell Lightbox.
http://www.tiff.net/programming/specialevents/fall-2014/unesco-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage
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Values of Film Heritage: Defining, Assessing
and Bringing Them to People
Leeds, United Kingdom
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The School of Media and Communication (SMC) and the Cultural & Creative Industries Exchange at the
University of Leeds are glad to invite you to the 2nd SMC Audiovisual Heritage Meeting in conjunction
with the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
European policy-makers have only recently started taking into account film heritage. Digital technology
seems to have been the driving force as a number of digitization projects have been initiated around
Europe with mixed results (Images for the Futures, BBC Digital Media, European Film Gateway).
At the same time, an increasing number of scholars in film and media studies began considering the
importance of engaging with film heritage. These engagements were often driven by the perceived
potentialities that digital technology offer in restoring and providing access to collections.
This focus often seems to obscure underlying questions and concerns related to the relationship
between access, conservation and preservation. To this end the meeting seeks to examine three
fundamental questions:
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Should policymakers support film heritage preservation and audience development with more
conviction and why does it matter?
Why might it be important to systematically integrate archival discourse into Film and Media
Studies?
What are the practical initiatives that archives, universities and policy-makers need to focus on
and support?
Admission is FREE but registration is required. For more information:
http://media.leeds.ac.uk/events/values-of-film-heritage-defining-assessing-and-bringing-them-topeople/
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Deutsche Kinemathek
Berlin
On Occasion of the UNESCO World Audiovisual Heritage Day the
Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin will once again screen widely
unknown and partly restored early movies at Kino Arsenal.
Curated and introduced by Mariann Lewinsky and accompanied
by Eunice Martins on the piano the program comprises
travelogues, documentaries and comedies from the years 1910
to 1913. Meet again the wonderful comedians Max Linder,
Charles Prince and Mistinguett as well as the German PortenSisters Henny and Rosa with free admission to the cinema!
http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/calendar/singleview/calendar/2014/october/27/article/5052/2796.html
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Durham Cinematheque
Durham, North Carolina
In observance of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Durham Cinematheque will be open from 1:00 to
6:00 on Monday October 27 with a display of motion picture cameras, projectors, and films. Also
available for hands-on viewing will be a selection of 19th and 20th century stereoscopic views. Admission
is free and the public is invited.
Durham Cinematheque is located at 305 East Chapel Hill Street in downtown Durham, North Carolina.
Founder and director Tom Whiteside has been creating and presenting unique film programs since 1979.
The Durham Cinematheque film collection focuses on early cinema, the 20th century avant-garde, films
of local historical interest and films on a wide range of subjects including tobacco, marriage and divorce,
and the history of the automobile.
For more information write to [email protected].
AVPreserve
In celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on
October 27th, AVPreserve is releasing several new or
updated white papers that provide guidance on the
preservation and management of audiovisual and digital
media collections. To start, we have translated five of our white papers into Spanish in order to increase
accessibility for a global audience. These first five papers cover processing of AV collections,
preservation of optical media, cloud storage for archives, disaster recovery, and an introduction to
Codecs. We hope to continue translating our resources and look to feedback on our efforts and future
requests. The Spanish language papers can be downloaded for free
at http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/documento-tecnico-de-lengua-espanola/
Second, given the increasing ingest of born digital and digitized materials in all archives, we are releasing
introductory tutorials (for Mac and Windows) on the use of the Command Line Interface (CLI) for
managing files in an archival environment. CLI is a necessary tool for ingest, processing, storage, and
monitoring of file-based collections, and the growth of almost all archives to include digital collections
will require an understanding of how to use CLI and CLI-based software for collection care. The tutorials
can be downloaded for free a thttp://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/anintroduction-to-using-the-command-line-interface-to-work-with-files-and-directories/. In the coming
months we will also be releasing a series of web tutorials on the use of various free and open source
applications for digital collection care, similar to our web tutorial on ExifTool, a powerful application for
reviewing and editing embedded metadata in digital files http://www.avpreserve.com/exiftooltutorial-series/.
Also be sure to check out Chris Lacinak’s recent keynote presentation on our Cost of Inaction
Calculator from last week’s Fédération Internationale des Archives de Télévision / The International
Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA) World Conference. The COI Calculator is a planning tool
that provides estimated budgets and schedules over the longterm so that one can begin to develop a
preservation plan for beyond the immediate near term. By looking at the costs of physical storage and
management, digitization, and digital storage, an institution can think about distributing costs over time
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while also considering the critical need for sustainability of preservation activities (and their associated
costs) beyond short term fund raising or grants. Happy World Day, everyone!
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Image Process: A Fundraiser for the Western Front Archive
The Archive plays an integral role in the preservation and
dissemination of Western Front’s rich history and the
contemporary art history of British Columbia. Proceeds support
the Western Front Archive, an important collection of works
spanning a 41-year history. The money raised will help us to
digitize and make accessible past works that face loss of
information due to obsolescence and deterioration.
http://front.bc.ca/events/image-process/
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World Audiovisual Heritage Day in Brazil
supported by ABPA (Brazilian Association of Audiovisual Preservation)
Dia Mundial do Patrimônio Audiovisual será celebrado em todo o Brasil
Em 2005, a UNESCO instituiu a data de 27 de outubro como o Dia Mundial do Patrimônio Audiovisual,
de modo a chamar a atenção para a importância da preservação das imagens em
movimento. Anualmente, arquivos de todo o mundo se unem para comemorar a data, com atividades
que não só realçam a vulnerabilidade deste patrimônio, mas também divulgam o trabalho muitas vezes
desconhecidos das instituições que o protegem.
Este ano, sob o tema : “Arquivos em risco – muito mais a ser feito”, algumas instituições e organizações
brasileiras planejam atividades que incluem debates, exibições de filmes e oficinas em diferentes
regiões do país. Os eventos contam com o apoio da Associação Brasileira de Preservação Audiovisual
(ABPA), que terá representantes de sua diretoria presente em três eventos, dois no Rio de Janeiro e um
na Bahia.
Sobre o Dia Mundial do Patrimônio Audiovisual
O documento “Recomendação sobre a salvaguarda e conservação das imagens em movimento” foi
elaborado em 1980 por ocasião da vigésima primeira conferência da UNESCO, e foi divulgado pela
primeira vez em 27 de outubro do mesmo ano. Seu objetivo é ressaltar a necessidade urgente de
preservação dos acervos de imagens em movimento dada a sua fragilidade, sujeita a diversos fatores
como obsolência tecnológica, degradação dos suportes físicos e eletrônicos ou mesmo a destruição
deliberada destes materiais. Neste sentido, a UNESCO conclama os Estados-membros a promoverem
medidas para garantir a salvaguarda deste material “da mesma forma como são preservados outras
bens como fonte de enriquecimento para as gerações presentes e futuras.”
ABPA: https://www.facebook.com/abpa.preservacao.audiovisual
(English translation)
Cinemateca Brasileira and the International Film Festival of São Paulo gather once again to celebrate the
World Day of Audiovisual Heritage. Instituted by the 33th General Conference of UNESCO, the date is
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celebrated by film archives and film archives of various countries, with the support of the International
Federation of Film Archives - FIAF, and seeks to draw the attention of civil society and governments to
the need to preserve of film material, television and radio around the world.
This programme to celebrating the date brings classics and rarities of Brazilian cinema restored or
preserved by the institution.
The selection includes the films As amorosas, one of the most powerful works of Walter Hugo Khouri
filmography, Adultério à brasileira, by Pedro Carlos Rovai, comedy forerunner of our famous
"pornochanchadas", Bebel, garota propaganda, by Maurice Capovilla, a drama based on the novel Bebel
que a cidade comeu, written by Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Iracema – uma transa amazônica, by Jorge
Bodansky and Orlando Senna, a new classic movie premiered at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, and the
comedy Como ganhar na loteria sem perder a esportiva, by JB Tanko, starring Costinha.
All these classics return to the screen in new 35mm prints made by the Cinematheque.
http://www.cinemateca.gov.br/programacao.php?id=259
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